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Promised Land

jessica@majorityconnections.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:06:19 +0100

Washington is the new promised land. First, USA Today reported the number of federal employees drawing six figure salaries has exploded 46% during this recession.

Then we learned the federal payroll mushroomed by 192,000 during this recession while over seven million [...]

Taliban Comedy

info@majorityconnections.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:57:14 +0100

A recent PBS “Frontline” program boasted firsthand coverage of a secret Taliban insurgent force in northern Afghanistan. I must say I was underwhelmed. The Islamic banditos — a splinter group controlled by a former prime minister of Pakistan — reminded me of the Three Stooges with an attitude.

The al-Qeada represent [...]

NC-10: Scott Keadle in Washington Examiner

jessica.n.wood@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:02 +0100

Scott Keadle, a primary challenge to Rep. Patrick McHenry in North Carolina's 10th District, is featured in this post in today's Washington Examiner. Relevant sections are quoted below (emphasis mine).

"The problem in Washington has at least two dimensions. One is the virus of corruption that does not discriminate between parties. The other is the character of the individuals voters send to Washington, too many of whom become corrupt because they stay too long.

"There is a [...]

ACTION ALERT...Obama’s “Organizing for America” vs. ...

randyedye@aol.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Organizing for America (http://my.barackobama.com/) will be counterprotesting the Seeing Red Rallies on Thursday. Yes the link for Organizing for America is my.barackobama.com. Why would our President set up a direct confrontation with the As A Mom organization? Currently 23 are registered for the Raleigh protest to support the nationalization of health care. Help us draw a line in the sand on [...]

Military Commanders Support Tim D’Annunzio for Congress

lauren@timvote.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

RAEFORD, NC - Tim D'Annunzio, Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th district, today announced two endorsements of his campaign by high-ranking, retired military officials.

Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jerry Boykin and Lt. Col. (Ret) Bucky Burruss have announced that they are supporting Tim this election year.

General Boykin, former Commanding General of both the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and the JFK Special Warfare Center, made his endorsement of Tim official at a fundraiser [...]

Harold Johnson On The Issues

mjmercer@uncc.edu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Visit the official campaign website, http://voteharoldjohnson.com and connect with Harold on Facebook and Twitter.

Pork Party House: Where DC insiders go for taxpayer-subsidized Fun

gideon@alumni.unc.edu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

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Reason.tv's "Pork Party House" helps explain why neither party can resist the pull of pork. If you're a politician, lobbyist, or insider and you're in the mood to party, check out a Washington D.C. mansion called the Sewall-Belmont House. Party with senators and celebrities at thousand-dollar-a-plate fundraisers! You might even get to ride a mechanical bull!

The Sewall-Belmont House hosts so many A-list ev [...]

ALG: Interview with Scott Rasmussen

gideon@alumni.duke.edu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

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A Dishonored Marine, you really need to read this

randyedye@aol.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Adam Kokesh arrest at Senate Hart office building, April 26, 2007

and this guy is running for Congress, he won't get any veterans vote. This guy stood with Code pink during the DC protests against the military. We seen em there and his behavior was unbecoming of a marine. A libertarian all the way.

http://kokeshforcongress.com/

from bloggste [...]

Pro-Life Students Attacked by UNC Charlotte Faculty Member

press@campusreform.org — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The Students for Life at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-C) were nine days into the 40 Days For Life Vigil when the left started to create difficulties for the group.

The group did everything correctly: they reserved the location of the event for the entire forty days, held eye-catching signs, and passed out information about their cause. But the left will go to any extent to silence opposing viewpoints.

Kristen Giseler, president of the group, tells the [...]

They Lie!

randyedye@aol.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

I'll let them do the talking on this one. Some folks just don't realize when your up to your nose in cow menour , quit talking.

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Dem Congressmen Adler and Altmire Open to Switching Their HealthCare Votes to 'YES'