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In God We Trust
Nope, I am not just giving you my personal opinion. It’s a fact.
In God We Trust is the national motto of the United States. 50 years ago almost to the day, a law was passed by the 84th Congress and approved by the President.
A letter back in 1861 got the ball rolling and with very little exception all of our currency has had In God We Trust printed on it.
So why is it that we now let everyone take God out of the fabric of our society?
Forget for a moment what you believe, it is the National Motto, if you [...]
Immigration - Break it down
This is big. And if we do not get it under control it could easily escalate to things we do not want. The biggest problem is that everyone wants a comprehensive solution after ignoring the problem for decades.
DON”T EAT THE ELEPHANT IN ONE BITE, Break it down.
Work on the border security issue first. If this is not priority #1 then all else will fail. Run the scenarios and think about it. If the solution from our government does not include massive deportation, more illegals will try to flood across. If we try to deport 11 million people they will just [...]
Washington?s Wall Street Bailout Bill: Big Price Tag, Little Help For Struggling Homeowners
Congress recently passed a $750-billion bill designed to infuse cash into Wall Street and bring back confidence in America?s financial system. Despite the optimism caused by a global stock rally after the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was signed, it could still take a long time to work through the process and restore the economy given all the headwinds facing the housing market. From the plunge in home prices, to soaring defaults on mortgages that are dumping more homes on an already gl
El Tour de Tucson 2008
El Tour de Tucson 2008 Search for el tour de tucson on trendfo.com.This Saturday, November 22nd, is the 26th Annual El Tour de Tucson. I’m not an avid cyclist, myself, but the event draws somewhere around 9000 cyclists to Tucson to participate in rides from the 1/4 mile ... Health 0
Stimulus Package and TARP Termination Bills in Congress
S. 3689 is the first stimulus package introduced from what I can tell. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=… it also includes $$$$ to the automakers, but no specified amount. It appears to come from the TARP funds. The Republican alternative is HR 7306. The discussion here as I see it is if we continue to work against the bailout and [...]
Officials: Democrats plan quick 2009 start on bills
Eager for a quick start, Democratic congressional leaders intend to begin work in early January on priority legislation so it can be ready for President-elect Barack Obama's signature shortly after he takes office, according to officials familiar with the plans. These officials said an economic aid measure, legislation to expand health care for lower-income children and a loosening of Bush administration rules covering federally funded embryonic stem cell research are among the bills at the ce
Leo C. Donofrio NJ lawsuit, US Supreme Court Appeal, Justice Clarence Thomas, NJ Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Judge Jack M. Sabatino, Donofrio filed Judicial Misconduct
Admin Notice: After the closure (due some hackers) of Donofrio’s Natural Born Citizen site it seems essential that we copy essential articels all over the Internet in order to ensure their continued availability. Source Citizen Wells I have tried to access the Leo C. Donofrio website since late last night. Lurker, a great commenter on the Citizen Wells blog, has provided the text from Mr. donofrio’s latest post. “Posted: Nov.21.2008 @ 6:53 pm | Lasted edited: Nov.21.2008 @ 8:25 pm JUDICI
Investor fear remains deep despite one-day rally
Even after a late-day rally on Friday, the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index has plunged 20 percent since the election. That more than wiped out the index’s 18 percent gain in the six trading days ahead of the balloting as optimism grew that Barack Obama would be elected president. Analysts aren’t blaming Obama specifically for the postelection hangover. Rather, they peg it to growing fears that the Bush Administration and Congress are fumbling the $700 billion bailout plan and the we
The Advertisement CBS Won't Let You See
Of all the policies that we can expect the Democrats to try to push through during the Obama administration, very few would appear more disastrous than Card Check. Card Check, or as it is called without any apparent sense of irony, the Employee Freedom of Choice Act, would allow mob enforcers union bosses and other strong-armers to exercise power and intimidation over workers by denying them a vote by secret ballot. So, naturally, any freedom-loving American would be dead against the passage o
White House: Meeting set on North Korean nukes
White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters on Saturday, after President George W. Bush’s meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, that there was an agreement to have the meeting but that the actual date in early December would be left to China to announce. In announcing that the countries had agreed on the date for the next round of six-party talks, Perino said, “They have it worked out and China will announce it. There is a sense tha
Obama to Develop Plan to Create 2.5 Million Jobs
President-elect Barack Obama has instructed his economic team to develop a plan to create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years, suggesting that he intends to push a more expensive package to stimulate the economy than he has so far proposed. Speaking during the Democrats' weekly radio address, Obama said that his team would work out the details of the package in the coming weeks but that he expects to present it to Congress in January and to sign it into law soon after taking office. I
Obama low key but active in auto rescue talks
Indeed, the negotiations broke down Thursday and congressional leaders pledged to return next month, demanding that the automakers produce specific plans for restructuring the industry. “The Obama team has to step up,” Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and one of the lead negotiators, said in Hartford, Conn., on Friday. “In the minds of the people, this is the Obama administration. I don’t think we can wait until January 20.” During the congressional debate, O
Massachusetts lottery
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V-I Day and the Loyal Opposition
How the GOP can and should help the new President help America, and in the process help themselves. Originally published by Mike “gamecock” DeVine as legal editor for The Minority Report We start on two fronts today. The first is the Eastern Front, or, more precisely, the Middle Eastern Front, where conclusive evidence of total victory by the Armed Forces of the United States emerged this week with the approval of a security agreement endorsed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and P
Comments Made in the Year 1955!
That's only 53 years ago! 'I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00.' 'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one.' 'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous. 'Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?' 'If they rais
The Debate about the Iraq-U.S. Security Pact.
Public Radio International reports on the deal. The agreement ( approved by the Iraqi Cabinet) makes the US invasion legal until 2011. It would put American troops and US contractors under Iraqi laws, and the US couldn't attack Syria or Iran from Iraq. Bush is secretive,with Congress, about the deal. More importantly,Al-Sadr do not want the pact. read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
America's History With Pirates
Michael B. Oren explains some of America's history with pirates. The answers to these questions can be gleaned from America's experience with Barbary. Lacking a navy and unwilling to bear the financial burden of building one, early American leaders opted to pay tribute to the pirates. By the 1790s, the U.S. was depositing an astonishing 20% of its federal income into North African coffers -- this in addition to costly naval stores and even cannons and gunpowder. In return for this tribute, Amer
Gun Sales On the Rise as a Result of Obama Election
Since the Nov. 4 election, thousands of people have flooded gun dealers because of the belief that an Obama presidency - backed by Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress - will bring tighter gun control laws. After seeing that Obama supports making permanent the 1994 assault weapon ban, gun lovers are determined to beat him to the punch. The result has been Christmas come early for dealers. Jim’s Gun Jobbery in Fayetteville sold more guns on a recent Saturday than on last year’s Chri
eBay and Online Sellers, Get Ready for Internet Sales Taxes in 2009
The new congress and the new president have signaled their willingness to require all online sellers to collect and pay sales tax I am not sure if there is anything we can do about this, but you may want to try and write your congress person anyway. If you don't, it is looking pretty certain that the new congress will pass a law in 2009 that will force all online sellers from you and me to Amazon and eBay to collect sales tax on all transactions and pay the tax to the 49 states that require it.
Having it both ways
Secret-ballot hypocrisy abounds Yesterday's 137 to 122 vote of House Democrats to replace John Dingell with liberal Henry Waxman at the energy and commerce committee would likely not have happened but for the secret ballot. Even Rep. Louise Slaughter, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, told Congressional Quarterly she was relieved the vote would be a private one: "It's a secret ballot. . . . Thank the Lord." After all, the fearsome Mr. Dingell, who will become history's longest-serving H
Michigan Congressman Shows What’s Wrong with the GOP
This is the problem with the GOP. This moron Joe Knollenberg could not have made it any clearer than he does following the first question Neal Cavuto asks him. When dealing with the bailouts, Neal asks, “Why do you draw the line with our money?” Knollenberg, a supposed Republican, responds, “It is not your money!” Un. Be. Lievable. Where did the money come from Congressman? It came from the wallets of the people, the people who give you the consent to govern them. Where is the GOP outra
There was no daylight between them.
Superb analysis from a TalkingPointsMemo.com reader: How many Congressional Republicans had political identities distinct from that of President Bush, while Bush was still popular among Republican voters? The answer to this question — awfully damned few — is a big reason why the Republican setbacks in the 2006 election cycle were followed by more setbacks in 2008. For years, GOP Congressmen and Senators did what the White House told them to do and said what the White House told them to say; e
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