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I know there must be people who really like the state of Missouri. I don’t doubt that it does have a special place in the hearts of some. And to those I have to preemptively apologize. I apologize. I really do not want to alienate those who like being in the state of misery but damn it, every time I go through that god forsaken place I like it even less.

When I rode my Goldwing through the 48 states back in ‘90, Missouri is the only place I was stopped by a LEO (law enforcement officer). The place was miserable to ride through (hot, humid, narrow single lane roads and s l o w drivers). When I have subsequently driven through the state it was impossible to get a motel room. You never knew which motels had vacancies because the morons had not figured out how to spell ‘vacancy’ or ‘no vacancy’ and hang out a sign designating either as to the availability of their rooms. The one room I finally procured was so bad that my wife would not stay in it. We left. I have been through some miserable rain storms there, at night. No, for me, it definitely is the state of misery and I try to avoid it. One last note, way back in the middle 1800s, those living in misery drove out my great-great-grandfather and his family because they were Mormon. To hell with misery.

OK, I feel better now. But I do have to preference the article below so I will have to get worked up all over again. It seems that the absolute moron who tied ‘domestic terrorists’ with opponents of immigration, those opposing abortion, those who supported Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin was none other than state of misery governor, Jeremiah Nixon. What is even further telling is that our buddy, dinglebarry, tapped Jere as one of his nominations for one of the ten positions on barky’s new “Council of Governors”. This ‘council’ will used to advise barry on “military activities in the United States.” WHAT A LOAD OF BS (barry’s stuff). IT JUST GOES ON AND ON WITH THESE PEOPLE. I SWEAR THEY WANT A HOT REVOLUTION. Damn you, barry and jere.

From wnd.com dated 02/07/2010 by Bob Unruh entitled, “Gov. who linked Christians, violence latest Obama pick Missouri report tied ‘domestic terrorists’ with opposition to abortion, immigration“:

President Obama has picked to advise him on military actions inside the U.S. the Missouri governor whose state “Information Analysis Center” last year linked conservative organizations to domestic terrorism and said law enforcement officers should watch for suspicious individuals who may have bumper stickers from Ron Paul or Chuck Baldwin.

Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, a Democrat, is being joined on the Obama’s special advisory panel by the governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, and Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s replacement when she moved to Washington.

They are among Obama’s nominations for the 10 positions on Obama’s new “Council of Governors” that he will use for advice on “military activities in the United States.”

WND reported earlier when Obama announced the council to advise on military actions in the U.S. and “to protect our nation against all types of hazards.”

A subsequent WND report confirmed when a rebellion developed to the order, and a new push was launched for states to adopt laws limiting the use of their National Guard units unless there is an invasion, insurrection or other limited circumstance.

The original announcement said the new council is to include governors and administration officials to review “such matters as involving the National Guard of the various states; homeland defense, civil support; synchronization and integration of state and federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities.”

However, there was no definition of the group’s authority. Can the council recommend “military activities” and can the governors, who already are in command of their own state guard units, mandate activities outside of their areas of jurisdiction? The White House did not respond to WND questions on the issue.

A new announcement from the White House lists Nixon as one of the nominees.

“He is responsible for operating Missouri’s innovative fusion center, the Missouri Information Analysis Center,” the announcement confirmed.

It was in 2009 when the MIAC issued a report that not only linked conservative groups to domestic terrorism and warned law enforcement to watch for vehicles with bumper stickers promoting Paul and Baldwin, it also warned police to watch out for individuals with “radical” ideologies based on Christian views, such as opposing illegal immigration, abortion and federal taxes.

Ultimately, Chief James Keathley of the Missouri State Patrol said the release of the report caused him to review the procedures through which the report was released.

“My review of the procedures used by the MIAC in the three years since its inception indicates that the mechanism in place for oversight of reports needs improvement,” he said at the time. “Until two weeks ago, the process for release of reports from the MIAC to law enforcement officers around the state required no review by leaders of the Missouri State Highway Patrol or the Department of Public Safety.”

He said the report warning about those who hold Christian views was “created by a MIAC employee, reviewed by the MIAC director, and sent immediately to law enforcement agencies across Missouri. The militia report was never reviewed by me or by the Director of Public Safety, John Britt, at any point prior to its issuance. Had that report been reviewed by either my office or by leaders of the Department of Public Safety, it would never have been released to law enforcement agencies.”

Keathley said the report simply “does not meet” the needed standard for “intelligence.” So he ordered its distribution to be halted.

But that warning had prompted Americans for Legal Immigration to issue a “national advisory” against relying on any such reports.

The Missouri document, it said, “attempted to politicize police and cast suspicion on millions of Americans. The ‘Missouri Documents,’ as they came to be called, listed over 32 characteristics police should watch for as signs or links to domestic terrorists, which could threaten police officers, court officials, and infrastructure targets.

“Police were instructed to look for Americans who were concerned about unemployment, taxes, illegal immigration, gangs, border security, abortion, high costs of living, gun restrictions, FEMA, the IRS, The Federal Reserve, and the North American Union/SPP/North American Community. The ‘Missouri Documents’ also said potential domestic terrorists might like gun shows, short wave radios, combat movies, movies with white male heroes, Tom Clancey novels, and Presidential Candidates Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and Chuck Baldwin!” ALIPAC wrote.

“When many of us read these Missouri Documents we felt that the false connections, pseudo research, and political attacks found in these documents could have been penned by the SPLC and ADL,” said William Gheen of ALIPAC. “We were shocked to see credible law enforcement agencies disseminating the same kind of over the top political propaganda distributed by these groups.”

The Missouri situation was just the tip of the iceberg, however. WND reported only weeks later when a Department of Homeland Security report warned against the possibility of violence by unnamed “right-wing extremists” concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singled out returning war veterans as particular threats.

The report, titled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” dated April 7, 2009, stated that “threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts.”

However, the document, first reported by talk-radio host and WND columnist Roger Hedgecock, went on to suggest worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and “the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”

The report from DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis defined right-wing extremism in the U.S. as “divided into those groups, movements and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups) and those that are mainly anti-government, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.”

Most notable was the report’s focus on the impact of returning war veterans.

“Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists,” it said. “DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize veterans in order to boost their violent capacities.”

Now Gov. Nixon will advise Obama on those military and National Guard actions inside the U.S.

“I am pleased that these governors of exceptional experience have agreed to join the Council of Governors,” Obama said in the newest White House announcement. “This bipartisan team strengthens the partnership between our state governments and the federal government when it comes to ensuring our national preparedness and homeland defense.”

“I look forward to working with them in the years ahead,” Obama said of the council, which was created Jan. 11 by his executive order.

The nominees are:
Gov. James H. Douglas of Vermont, a Republican who is chairman of the National Governors Association. He established his state’s Homeland Security Advisory Council to review its security policies.

Gov. Chris Gregoire of Washington, a Democrat who is on the National Governors Association executive committee as well as its special committee on Homeland Security.

Gov. Janice Brewer of Arizona, a Republican who took office when Napolitano was named Homeland Security secretary. She served on the governor’s Military Task Force dealing with base closures.

Gov. Luis Fortuna of Puerto Rico, a Republican who is on the National Governors Association Economic Development and Commerce Committee.

Gov. Brad Henry of Oklahoma, a Democrat on the Education, Early Childhood and Workforce committee for the governors association

Gov. Robert McDonnell of Virginia, a Republican elected last year. He is on the governors’ Health and Human Services committee.

Gov. Jeremiah Nixon of Missouri, a Democrat on the governors’ Health and Human Services Committee who operates his state’s fusion center, the Missouri Information Analysis Center.

Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, a Democrat who serves on the governors’ committee on Education, Early Childhood and Workforce as well as its committee on Homeland Security.

Gov. Beverly Eaves Perdue of North Carolina, a Democrat who is a lead governor for the National Guard. She’s on the governors’ Economic Development and Commerce committee as well as the committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety.

Gov. Michael Rounds of South Dakota, a Republican who previously headed the Western Governors Association.

The rebellion to Obama’s plans regarding the Council of Governors had come from the Tenth Amendment Center, which is recommending a model legislation that states can use to limit the activities of their own National Guard members.

The model legislation states: “The governor shall withhold or withdraw approval of the transfer of the National Guard to federal control in the absence of: a) A military invasion of the United States, or b) An insurrection, or c) A calling forth of the guard by the federal government in a manner provided for by Congress to execute the laws of the union, provided that said laws were made in pursuance of the delegated powers in the Constitution of the United States, or d) A formal declaration of war from Congress.”

The organization said the requests to state legislatures already have begun with a letter on the issue dispatched by Walt Garlington, founder of the Louisiana State Sovereignty Committee, to state Rep. Brett F. Geymann.

The model legislation proposed by the Tenth Amendment Center says the law is, “For the purpose of requiring the governor to withhold or withdraw approval of the transfer of this state’s National Guard to federal control in the absence of an explicit authorization adopted by the federal government in pursuance of the powers delegated to the federal government in Article I, Section 8, Clause 15 of the U.S. Constitution.”

Los Angeles Times blogger Andrew Malcolm poked fun at the announcement, writing Obama “has determined that, a) there is an insufficient number of advisory bodies among the gazillion already in existence for the federal government in general and said president and his White House specifically.”

Obama also, Malcolm said, “chooses to ignore the existence of the National Governors Assn., the Republican Governors Assn., the Democratic Governors Assn. and the secure telephones within arms-reach of virtually everywhere said president chooses to sit and/or recline.”

Ultimately, he said, Obama has decided, “One more meaningless advisory body probably couldn’t hurt anything, and might actually look good.”

At Canada Free Press, commentary writer Judi McLeod said, “Like the 30-plus czars running America with neither the people’s nor the Congress’s blessings, the Council of Governors is already a done deal.”

Blogger Nicholas Contompasis suggested it was the “first step towards martial law in America” because it sets up the “use of federal troops and the combination of state and federal agencies under the Defense Department.”

Participants on his forum page said the order appears to be in defiance of posse comitatus, which restricts U.S. military action within the United States. One contributor noted the order talks about “hazards” but then addresses only military hazards.

“The very notion of the executive branch (good intentions or not) issuing executive orders/presidential directives that apply to anything or anyone not specifically within the executive branch is tyrannical,” the forum participant said.

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I really do not know why I waste your time and space in Red Pills on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The man is mental midget and an opportunist bereft of societal scruples.

Okay, I do know why I include the article below on Robert. The article is indicative of what an ass he makes of himself and those he represents when he opens his mouth and brays. If he weren’t descended from the bootlegging Kennedy, he would be laughed out of any rational political debate.

Remember, in reading the article below, Washington, D.C. has just experienced its heaviest snow fall on record. From washingtonexaminer.com by David Freddoso dated 02/08/2010 (original article dated 12/21/2009) entitled, “RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC“:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C.

In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today’s anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don’t own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers.

In those days, I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once, my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington’s C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.

Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.

Having shoveled my walk five times in the midst of this past weekend’s extreme cold and blizzard, I think perhaps RFK, Jr. should leave weather analysis to the meteorologists instead of trying to attribute every global phenomenon to anthropogenic climate change.

Oh, and not to be outdone by Robbie, dinglebarry proposes a new global warming agency. Yes, I am not kidding!

From newsmax.com dated 02/08/2010 entitled, “Obama Proposes New Global Warming Agency“:

The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.

Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread disease, increase sea levels, change storm and drought patterns and cause polar melting.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced NOAA will set up the new Climate Service to operate in tandem with NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Ocean Service.

“Whether we like it or not, climate change represents a real threat,” Locke said Monday at a news conference.

Lubchenco added, “Climate change is real, it’s happening now.” She said climate information is vital to the wind power industry, coastal community planning, fishermen and fishery managers, farmers and public health officials.

NOAA recently reported that the decade of 2000-2009 was the warmest on record worldwide; the previous warmest decade was the 1990s. Most atmospheric scientists believe that warming is largely due to human actions, adding gases to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.

Researchers and leaders from around the world met last month in Denmark to discuss ways to reduce climate-warming emissions, and a follow-up session is planned for later this year in Mexico.

“More and more people are asking for more and more information about climate and how it’s going to affect them,” Lubchenco explained. So officials decided to combine climate operations into a single unit.

Portions of the Weather Service that have been studying climate, as well as offices from some other NOAA agencies, will be transferred to the new NOAA Climate Service.

The new agency will initially be led by Thomas Karl, director of the current National Climatic Data Center. The Climate Service will be headquartered in Washington and will have six regional directors across the country.

Lubchenco also announced a new NOAA climate portal on the Internet to collect a vast array of climatic data from NOAA and other sources. It will be “one-stop shopping into a world of climate information,” she said.

Creation of the Climate Service requires a series of steps, including congressional committee approval. But if all goes well, it should be finished by the end of the year, officials said.

In recent years, a widespread private weather forecasting industry has grown up around the National Weather Service, and Lubchenco said she anticipates growth of private climate-related business around the new agency.

While most people notice the weather from day to day or week to week, climate looks at both the averages and extremes of weather over longer periods of time. And understanding both weather and climate, and their changes, are vital to much of the world’s economic activity ranging from farming to travel to energy use and production and even food shipments and disease prevention.

Atmospheric scientists have long joked that climate is what you expect and weather is what you get. But greenhouse warming is changing what can be expected from climate, and researchers are seeking to understand and anticipate the impacts of that change.

© Copyright 2010 The Associated Press

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In deference to the teachings of my Mother and respect for the deceased, I have nothing to say.

From washingtonpost.com dated 02/08/2010 by Martin Weil and Carol D. Leonnig entitled, “Rep. John Murtha dead at 77; Pennsylvania congressman John P. Murtha dies after complications from surgery“:

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today following gallbladder surgery at Virginia Hospital Center.

Elected to Congress in 1974 from a southwestern Pennsylvania district that has been economically devastated by the decline of America’s coal-mining and steel industries, the gruff and jowly Murtha was beloved by his constituents for tapping billions of dollars in federal funds to seed new industries there.

He was revered among Democrats — and even some Republicans — for his skill over 19 terms in using the power of the federal purse to make kings and deals. A right-hand man of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he was considered one of the most influential lawmakers on Capitol Hill and credited with her ascension.

Critics dubbed Murtha, the chairman of the powerful subcommittee that controls Pentagon spending, the “King of Pork” for the volume of taxpayer money he could direct to the area around his home town of Johnstown. Most of the largesse came in defense and military research contracts he steered to companies based in his district or with small offices there.

The former Marine became a mentor to lawmakers trying to learn how to work Washington’s power levers but also a symbol of the controversial congressional “earmarking.” In that process, lawmakers can add federal funds to the budget to give no-bid contracts to pet projects and companies of their choosing. Murtha faced a drumbeat of questions about possible ethical conflicts in his earmarks, as executives and lobbyists for the firms receiving the earmarks were among his most generous campaign contributors.

Murtha was firmly unapologetic, saying it was his duty to help his district create jobs and U.S. soldiers gain new research and tools to help them in battle. To a television crew following him in a House office building with questions about potential conflicts, he held up his miniature red, page-worn copy of the Constitution.

“What it says is the Congress of the United States appropriates the money,” he said. “Got that?”

Volunteered for combat
John Patrick Murtha Jr. was born June 17, 1932, in New Martinsville, W.Va., and raised in Westmoreland County, Pa. He long credited the resilient women in his family, including his mother, as key to his success in life. His father, an alcoholic, died early. Murtha said he didn’t drink for that reason, and despite the many political fundraisers where the congressman is either honored guest or host, Murtha was known for making an early appearance and an early departure.

He entered the Marine Corps in 1952, during the Korean War period, and served until 1955. He returned to Johnstown to run the family car wash and finish his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962, and he joined the Marine Corps Reserve. During the Vietnam conflict, he volunteered for combat and served near Da Nang in 1966 and 1967.

In 1955, he married Joyce Bell. She survives, along with their daughter, Donna Murtha ; twin sons, Pat Murtha and John M. Murtha ; and three grandchildren.

Back from Vietnam, Murtha was recruited by the local Democratic Party to challenge longtime member of Congress John P. Saylor (R) and presented himself as hawkish on military affairs. “To me, it is academic whether we should be in Vietnam,” the young veteran said at the time. “Our men are fighting their hearts out so we can sit at home and enjoy the luxuries of this great nation. We have to unite.”

He lost the race but won election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. When Saylor died in office, Murtha won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. In a District that had been Republican territory until the arrival of the New Deal, Murtha’s victory was taken in part as a rejection of then-President Richard M. Nixon. His slogan: “One honest man can make a difference.”

Murtha, whose military decorations included the Bronze Star and two awards of the Purple Heart, was one of the first Vietnam veterans to sit in the House. His district returned him regularly to office, and after 10 years, Murtha had quietly established himself as a key Capitol Hill player who could woo lawmakers of divergent views to join forces.

“His reputation is, if you’re going to put a coalition together, you have to have Murtha,” then-Rep. Mike Synar (D-Okla.) told The Washington Post for a 1985 profile of Murtha.

In one of the more painful moments of his career, Murtha was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam scandal of the late 1970s. As a result of the FBI undercover operation, several Capitol Hill figures were charged with agreeing to pay bribes to agents posing as representatives of Arab sheiks. Murtha was taped talking with an undercover agent about his interest in helping his district, but he was not charged and said he did nothing wrong.

In 2005, he became the darling of the Democratic antiwar movement when the prominent hawk announced that he was in favor of withdrawing troops from Iraq. He had supported the resolution to go to war in 2002, but he later denounced the administration’s war effort as badly planned, calling it “a flawed policy wrapped in illusion.”

Murtha lost his shot, however, to become House majority leader after Democrats retook control of the House in 2006. He had successfully led Pelosi’s campaign to be speaker at that time, but some colleagues argued that he could be a political liability in leadership because of what they called his old-style politics.

Ethics investigations
In the past two years, Murtha and several close associates came under the scrutiny of ethics and investigative panels.

In 2008, the FBI raided a powerhouse lobbying firm, PMA Group, whose founder, Paul Magliocchetti, was a close friend of Murtha’s and which had had unique success in winning earmarks from Murtha for its clients.

In January 2009, federal investigators raided Kuchera Industries, a Pennsylvania company that Murtha had helped grow with more than $100 million in military contracts and earmarks. The company was suspended from receiving further Navy contracts pending an investigation into allegations that the company had defrauded the government in its billing.

In May 2009, the Justice Department subpoenaed records from the offices of a Murtha protege, Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind). Investigators were looking into allegations that Visclosky’s chief of staff, who announced his resignation shortly after the subpoena, had pressured lobbyists to donate to Visclosky’s campaign in exchange for earmarks for their clients, two sources familiar with the probe said.

In December2009, the Office of Congressional Ethics reported that it saw no reason to continue its investigation of Murtha’s actions on behalf of PMA Group and recommended that the House Ethics Committee take no action against him.

In March 2009, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that every lawmaker looks out for their own: “If I’m corrupt, it’s because I take care of my district. . . . Every president would like to have all the power and not have Congress change anything. But we’re closest to the people.”

He had a bravado that even his critics admired, in part because he could often back up his seemingly big talk. He publicly squared off with many a heavyweight, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Dick Cheney and even a few presidents.

Last month, Murtha chuckled when asked about President Obama’s assertion that he was going to freeze all discretionary spending.

“Well, he can call for it, but we’re the guys who make the decision,” the congressman said. “I always remind them of that.”

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From a ‘friend’ via email dated 02/08/2010:

Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place.

Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell, they don’t even serve food anymore, so what’s the loss?

The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a ‘party atmosphere’ going in the cabin. And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.

Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn’t need a salary, thus saving even more money. I suspect tips would be so good that we could charge the women for working the plane and have them kick back 20% of the tips, including lap dances and ’special services.’

Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues.

This is definitely a win-win situation if we handle it right — a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.

Why didn’t Bush or Obama think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?

Sincerely,

Bill Clinton

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READ AND TAKE NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION

The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of transmitted disease. The disease is contracted through ignorant, promiscuous, and irresponsible behavior. The disease is called Gonarrhea Lectem and is pronounced “gonna re-elect ‘em.”

Many victims contracted it in 2008 and in previous years, after having being “brainwashed”, by Republicrat & Democan duopoly candidates and their media puppets, with promised change. Subsequently all victims of the disease are then screwed. Epidemiologists are amazed at how widespread this disease has become since it is so easily cured….by voting out all incumbents and refusing to support duopoly candidates.

Apparently, there is a vaccine available at: http://www.constitutionparty.com/ and at: http://www.lp.org/

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It appears that even the mass media is finally getting the message. They are trying to discount the effect that the TEA Party citizens have on the electoral process and paint them as radicals or kooks. But beneath that veiner, they can read the polls, they know what happened in Massachusetts, and they know that we are engaged and determined to remove those who have abrogated their Constitutional duties.

Case in point is the Arkansas Senate race between incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln and five Republican opponents. The take-away is that any of the five Republicans are polling better than Lincoln – even though Lincoln have a much larger financial war chest! Ignore that ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, etc.! WE ARE HAVING AN EFFECT!

From a post from the electionwatcher Yahoo news group dated 02/02/2010 entitled, “Arkansas Senate: Lincoln’s Numbers Worsen, Trails Top GOP Challengers”:

For incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln, the opponents are interchangeable at this point in her bid for reelection in Arkansas. New Rasmussen Reports polling in the state finds her stuck in the mid-30s against any of five Republican opponents.

Her GOP rivals, including Congressman John Boozman who is expected to enter the race on Saturday, all earn roughly 50% of the vote against the two-term Democrat.

But worse for Lincoln in the latest survey is that her numbers continue to fall. In September and December , her support was between 39% and 41% in these match-ups. Last month, it slipped to 38% or 39% support against any of four Republicans. Now, her support ranges from 33% to 36%.

Boozman, the newest entrant in the race, runs strongest among likely voters in Arkansas for now, beating Lincoln by 19 points, 54% to 35%. State Senator Gilbert Baker also leads Lincoln by 19, 52% to 33%. State Senate Minority Leader Kim Hendren posts a 51% to 35% lead over the incumbent.

Curtis Coleman, a private businessman, also runs ahead of Lincoln 50% to 34%. Tom Cox, head of the Arkansas T.E.A. Party, has a 50% to 36% lead over Lincoln.

In all five match-ups, the number who prefer some other candidate or are undecided falls in single digits.

The similarity of all these spreads makes it clear that this race continues to be all about Lincoln rather than a reflection of voter support for any of those who are challenging her.

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Lincoln was clearly hurt in previous surveys by her key role in advancing for debate in the Senate the national health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. But she has since been more critical of the plan which now appears to have run aground in Congress following the upset GOP Senate win in Massachusetts earlier this month. Most Arkansas voters have been strongly opposed to the plan for months.

Like most of the country, voters in Arkansas also continue to suffer economically despite the costly economic measures approved by Congress over the past year.

Thirty-three percent (33%) of Arkansas voters rate their personal finances as good or excellent, while 24% say they are poor. But 56% say their finances are getting worse, compared to just 11% who say they are improving.

Lincoln’s reelection bid isn’t helped by the president’s numbers either. Obama lost Arkansas to John McCain by 20 points, 59% to 39%, in November 2008. But voters in the state are even more critical now. Thirty-three percent (33%) at least somewhat approve of the president’s job performance, while 66% disapprove. Those who strongly disapprove of the job the president is doing outnumber those who strongly approve by three-to-one – 59% to 20%. This is far more negative that Obama’s job approval ratings nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of Arkansas voters have a very favorable opinion of Lincoln, but 43% view her very unfavorably. The latter number in particular is telling since her opponents are so little known. With the exception of Boozman, the number with very favorable or very unfavorable views of her opponents remains in single digits.

For Boozman, very favorables are 24%, while very unfavorables add up to eight percent (8%).

At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with a strong opinion more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.

Fifty-four percent (54%) in Arkansas say it is possible to balance the federal budget without raising taxes. Twenty-four percent (24%) disagree.

Forty-seven percent (47%) favor an across-the-board income tax cut for all Americans, but 30% are opposed. However, 66% believe cutting taxes is a better way to create jobs than increasing government spending. Only nine percent (9%) say an increase in spending is better, and 17% say neither works.

Forty percent (40%) say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, but 26% think the terrorists are ahead. Nineteen percent (19%) say it’s a draw. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters in Arkansas say the United States is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but 44% disagree.

For Lincoln, the one bright spot for now is that 73% approve of the job Democratic Governor Mike Beebe is doing, including 22% who strongly approve.

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Remember back when Clinton started the Bosnia conflict while involve in the Monica thing? With dinglebarry’s political capital falling daily, do you think Iran is safe?

From humanevents.com by Patrick J. Buchanan dated 02/05/2010 entitled, “Will Obama Play the War Card?“:

Republicans already counting the seats they will pick up this fall should keep in mind Obama has a big card yet to play.

Should the president declare he has gone the last mile for a negotiated end to Iran’s nuclear program and impose the “crippling” sanctions he promised in 2008, America would be on an escalator to confrontation that could lead straight to war.

And should war come, that would be the end of GOP dreams of adding three-dozen seats in the House and half a dozen in the Senate.

Harry Reid is surely aware a U.S. clash with Iran, with him at the president’s side, could assure his re-election. Last week, Reid whistled through the Senate, by voice vote, a bill to put us on that escalator.

Senate bill 2799 would punish any company exporting gasoline to Iran. Though swimming in oil, Iran has a limited refining capacity and must import 40 percent of the gas to operate its cars and trucks and heat its homes.

And cutting off a country’s oil or gas is a proven path to war.

In 1941, the United States froze Japan’s assets, denying her the funds to pay for the U.S. oil on which she relied, forcing Tokyo either to retreat from her empire or seize the only oil in reach, in the Dutch East Indies.

The only force able to interfere with a Japanese drive into the East Indies? The U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Egypt’s Gamel Abdel Nasser in 1967 threatened to close the Straits of Tiran between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba to ships going to the Israeli port of Elath. That would have cut off 95 percent of Israel’s oil.

Israel response: a pre-emptive war that destroyed Egypt’s air force and put Israeli troops at Sharm el-Sheikh on the Straits of Tiran.

Were Reid and colleagues seeking to strengthen Obama’s negotiating hand?

The opposite is true. The Senate is trying to force Obama’s hand, box him in, restrict his freedom of action, by making him impose sanctions that would cut off the negotiating track and put us on a track to war — a war to deny Iran weapons that the U.S. Intelligence community said in December 2007 Iran gave up trying to acquire in 2003.

Sound familiar?

Republican leader Mitch McConnell has made clear the Senate is seizing control of the Iran portfolio. “If the Obama administration will not take action against this regime, then Congress must.”

U.S. interests would seem to dictate supporting those elements in Iran who wish to be rid of the regime and re-engage the West. But if that is our goal, the Senate bill, and a House version that passed 412 to 12, seem almost diabolically perverse.

For a cutoff in gas would hammer Iran’s middle class. The Revolutionary Guard and Basij militia on their motorbikes would get all they need. Thus the leaders of the Green Movement who have stood up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollah oppose sanctions that inflict suffering on their own people.

Cutting off gas to Iran would cause many deaths. And the families of the sick, the old, the weak, the women and the children who die are unlikely to feel gratitude toward those who killed them.

And despite the hysteria about Iran’s imminent testing of a bomb, the U.S. intelligence community still has not changed its finding that Tehran is not seeking a bomb.

The low-enriched uranium at Natanz, enough for one test, has neither been moved nor enriched to weapons grade. Ahmadinejad this week offered to take the West’s deal and trade it for fuel for its reactor. Iran’s known nuclear facilities are under U.N. watch. The number of centrifuges operating at Natanz has fallen below 4,000. There is speculation they are breaking down or have been sabotaged.

And if Iran is hell-bent on a bomb, why has Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair not revised the 2007 finding and given us the hard evidence?

U.S. anti-missile ships are moving into the Gulf. Anti-missile batteries are being deployed on the Arab shore. Yet, Gen. David Petraeus warned yesterday that a strike on Iran could stir nationalist sentiment behind the regime.

Nevertheless, the war drums have again begun to beat.

Richard Pipes in a National Review Online piece featured by the Jerusalem Post — “How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran” — urges Obama to make a “dramatic gesture to change the public perception of him as a lightweight, bumbling ideologue” by ordering the U.S. military to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Citing six polls, Pipes says Americans support an attack today and will “presumably rally around the flag” when the bombs fall.

Will Obama cynically yield to temptation, play the war card and make “conservatives swoon,” in Pipes’ phrase, to save himself and his party? We shall see.

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From email dated 02/05/2010:

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Two days in a row I’ve posted a J. D. Longstreet article. This one I am posting since he is entirely correct. In the year that dinglebarry has been in office I have heard very little about our ‘homeless problem’. Now there are tent cities containing those who are out of work but the perennial problem regarding the homeless, which apparently peaks with Republican administations, is not hyped by the media. Very good observation, J.D. Remember the hue and cry regarding the homeless problem when the SOB was in office. It is just MORE MEDIA BS!! And this one is subtle. Good catch J.D.

By J.D. Longstreet dated 02/05/2010 entitled, “Where Are The Homeless People in Obama’s America?“:

It would seem that hidden amongst the Multitude of Miracles performed by “The One,” Obama, America’s homeless population has disappeared! Had you noticed? Practically no stories in the Mainstream Media about the poor, downtrodden, homeless people of America certainly must mean they no longer exist, right? It’s another Obama miracle, right?

Wait a minute! There were no homeless people during the Clinton Administration, either. There have only been homeless people during Reagan, and Bush One and Bush Two. Hummm. Kind of makes one pause for a moment and reflect, does it not?

There are two effective means of ridding a country of homeless people: Give them all homes, or … get rid of THEM!

Could it be that the MsM is deliberately NOT talking about America’s homeless so as to save any embarrassment to the Obama Regime? Naah. They wouldn’t so such a thing! Why, that would be biased toward the Obama Regime and we ALL KNOW the MsM in America, especially, is anything but biased.

The experts tell us that between half a million and six hundred thousand people are considered “homeless” at any given time in America. Assuming that is so, then why is the MsM not reporting it, except when a Republican is in the White House?

On the other hand, the UN, which has declared open season on America, has sent a UN Special Reporter to America to find out how bad the homeless situation really is.

In an article in “The Guardian,” a UK news organization, an article entitled: “UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless” and dated November 2009 (A Republican was still President then, don’t you know?) The Guardian article began with: “A United Nations special investigator who was blocked from visiting the US by the Bush administration has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as “invisible” a deepening homeless crisis.” The UN Special Reporter, Raquel Rolnik is quoted as having said: “I think those who are suffering the most in this whole situation are the very poor, the low-income population. The burden is disproportionately on them and it’s of course disproportionately on African-Americans, on Latinos and immigrant communities, and on Native Americans.”

The Guardian goes on to tell us: “The US government does not tally the numbers but interested organisations say that more than 3 million people were homeless at some point over the past year.” You may read the entire article HERE.

One must remember this was during the late Bush Administration. But, thanks be to Obama, THAT problem no longer exists! Hallelujah!

It is remarkable the number of problems that can be solved when one chooses to ignore them—or the MsM chooses not to draw attention to selected problems – problems they know have no simple solution. Homelessness is one such problem.

It is important to understand that in America, having a house is not considered a human right. We have not quite become a full-fledged “Nanny State” as have many countries in the UN. No, here in America, one still must take responsibility for some things — one of which is securing a place one can consider a home.

But, hey, don’t trouble yourselves over this non-existent problem. At least — not until it pops up again when we have the next Republican President of the United States.

J. D. Longstreet

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One of the few legitimate roles of the federal government is the defense of the country and citizens from foreign aggressors. Some will argue that space exploration should be included on the federal government’s short list of responsibilities (see the J.D. Longstreet post for yesterday). I am disinclined to agree. That said, dinglebarry ending the Constellation space program is not his brightest move since those employed in that work are engineers, scientists, etc., all vocations for which we have shipped far too many jobs overseas. Dinglebarry also talks about encouraging kids to get into those fields, then cuts funding for legitimate work in those fields which are also used for defensive purposes. Obama is just an absolute miserable moron. Damn looser.

From standard.net by Dan Weist dated 02/05/2010 entitled, “Utah Sen. Bennett: Ending Constellation space program a ‘really dumb idea’”

{I have no idea why Sen. Bennett’s name got attached to this other than he said a few words and is running for re-election. I can only conclude that Dan is carrying water for Bob. Bennett, isnother looser in government! Vote the bum OUT in 2010!!!}

This week’s decision by the Obama administration to end the Constellation space program, which has strong Top of Utah ties, is a “really dumb idea,” U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett said Thursday, and he hopes the state’s congressional delegation can help save the program.

“We think this is a stupid decision, not just for Utah but for the nation as a whole,” Bennett said while speaking on the floor of the Utah Senate.

Bennett, an invited speaker for the statehouse audience, was answering a question from Sen. Peter Knudson, R-Brigham City, about President Obama’s announcement Monday that would begin reshaping the space program.

The NASA cutback would directly affect the workers at ATK aerospace operations in Utah who have been developing the engines and other components for the Ares I and Ares V rockets that would power the Constellation program.

ATK builds solid-fuel rocket motors for the space shuttle, as well as a wide variety of military missiles. Located 30 miles west of Brigham City, it is one of Utah’s largest civilian employers.

“This is a horrendous decision … are there any encouraging words you can give us?” Knudson said.

Bennett, who is up for re-election, said he and other lawmakers will try to pressure the administration to reverse the decision. {Dump Bennett!}

Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, whose district includes Box Elder County, challenged the president Wednesday night on the floor of the House of Representatives. {Rob is my U.S. Representative and his voting record is much better, IMHO, than Bennett’s. See the video regarding Rep. Bishop’s presentation below.}

“In canceling this project … what you are doing is cutting 7,000 jobs nationwide that employ people involved in space, engineering, math and science,” Bishop said in the floor speech.

Cuts in the defense budget have already had a toll on the company.

The aerospace giant laid off 500 workers in October and 400 workers last week. Another 300 layoffs are expected in the near future, company officials said.

Because the Ares line may have a commercial impact, ATK representatives did not initially estimate how the Constellation decision would affect their work force.

Bennett said the state’s Congressional representatives plan to meet soon with ATK and then work through the appropriate House and Senate committees, such as appropriations, to pressure the administration.

“We are going to see if we can turn this thing around.”

Rep. Rob Bishop’s presentation to a not so packed audience in Congress follows:

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