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How bad for Obama? Election: How bad for Obama? Major bad Minor bad Not bad at all Not sure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Major bad 49% (319 votes) Minor bad 27% (176 votes) Not bad at all 21% (135 votes) Not sure 2% (15 votes) Total Votes: 645

Should we believe White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs when he claimed that President Barack Hussein Obama wouldn’t be watching last night’s election returns? Of course not. Why? Because unless Obama was intrigued by the Bowling Green at Buffalo nail biter, it was a slow TV night – except of course, for the election returns. OK thinks that like everything else about this administration, what we were told wasn’t what was going on behind the scenes. We think Obama & Co. anticipated last night’s results. In fact, we think several TVs were on inside the White House last night and that...

The increased politicization of American education has, in the Emperor’s words, “fundamentally transformed” American history. Gone are the days of teaching the reasons for the great migration to the new world. Instead, the Pilgrims and other settlers from Europe are painted as evil invaders who stole land from the native peoples and brought disease to the North American continent. The European settlers have been demonized as massive polluters who came to this pristine land with the goal of corrupting the planet. The Pilgrims and Puritans weren’t escaping an increasingly oppressive government seeking a place where they could practice their religion...

(Instead of arguing over particulars of the health care bill, let’s just go to the core of the debate.) So now that the fifth bill on health care reform is out, here comes the next round of arguments. This means conservatives will have to restate everything we’ve already said, because all the stuff we opposed in the first four bills has been combined into the new legislation. Personally, I’m tired of giving liberal idiots sources they never read, reminding them of political promises now being broken, and pointing out the gross hypocrisy of the liberal Congress. Lefties don’t care. They...

California is bankrupt. Ten weeks after a nasty budget fight concluding in a compromise everyone hates, the state is broke. They’ve legalized gambling and the state is still broke. They’ve raised the alcohol tax and the state is still broke. They’ve raised the tobacco tax and the state is still broke. So the new push: Legalize pot, tax it and we’ll all be saved. Don’t get me wrong: if you want to legalize Mary Jane, go ahead. I don’t have a problem with the drug or people who smoke it. But if you think this will be the magical fix-all,...

A look at Chicago's first TIF district, and whether it was as successful as the City claims it was, or if they're simply blowing smoke.

What is shocking is that anyone is surprised by the news that Al Gore's Silver Spring Networks company is benefiting from some $560 million in grants given by the energy department. Did anyone actually think that Al Gore was going to turn a profit by selling cow fart catalytic converters or solar ovens to people on the street? The fact is, the average person doesn't buy Al Gore's load of crap so he has to depend on like-minded wackos in the government who will make sure that his investments were not made in vain.

Congratulations to the new Governors-Elect of Virginia and New Jersey! I’d also like to offer a special word of support to the new Lieutenant Governor-Elect of New Jersey, Kim Guadagno, the first woman to hold that office. Of course, the real victors in this election are the ordinary men and women who voted for positive change and a return to fiscal sanity. Your voices have been heard

Pseudo-Zionists such as Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun Magazine feel that the United States should not put any pressure on Iran for its weapons program. "What exactly gives us the moral right to be lecturing North Korea or even Iran on who should or should not have nuclear weapons?" New presidential appointment, former Senator Chuck Hagel, feels that the United States should be unconditionally reaching out to both Iran and Hezbollah. Today, Israel's Navy has proven them both wrong.The navy has intercepted a ship carrying weapons from Iran to Hezbollah 100 miles off the Israeli coast. Marines boarded the Antiguan-flagged...

(Even Canada Said These Were Illegal) H.R. 3962, the Democrats’ health insurance reform bill, to be voted on this week by Congress, contains a provision to establish waiting lists as a mechanism to control costs. Such waiting lists have long been a characteristic – and a bane - of socialized medicine. Indeed, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled them illegal in June 2005. "Access to a waiting list is not access to health care," wrote Canada’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin at the time. Yet, this is exactly what the Democrats’ plan has in mind for Americans if their proposed...

One of the main reasons Conservatives in New York revolted against the GOP’s choice of D. Scozzafava as their candidate, was because of her position on Abortion. Some Republicans assert that the Hoffman Revolution is about the economy, yet the majority of objections in articles and calls to Talk Radio centered, primarily, on the Republicat’s NARAL rating and her reception of the Margaret Sanger Award, both reflecting her position on Abortion. It is because Sarah Palin is profoundly Pro-Life that she understood the extent of the GOP travesty in asking Conservatives to violate their moral convictions by voting for a...

This column is in answer to the linked NAACP objection to my column(s.) Below are the column in question and the letter. Please read both before perusing my response. http://www.daveweinbaum.com/column100109.html http://www.therolladailynews.com/opinions/letters_to_the_editor/x1340500084/NAACP-takes- issue-with-Weinbaum-online-column First I want to thank the NAACP for providing me with column fodder as this can be problematic on a weekly basis.

Ever since the left wing captured the universities and media, putative conservatives desiring media favor and intellectual respectability have been apologizing for conservatism's most popular and effective figures. These days, they want to distance themselves from the "anger" and "extremism" of such personalities as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. What they ought to be doing instead is taking lessons from Beck as he lectures in front of a blackboard, a fitting symbol for what has gone wrong. Conservatism is rising, and we have the intellectual and historical high ground.

With Republican victories in key positions in this month's elections, and because several respondents said one week wasn't enough time to prepare the proper protest, we've decided to extend the deadline for entries into the Dave Weinbaum Cyber Tea Party until November 30th!

This is the entire Glenn Beck show from Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009. In this episode entitled “Who’s Designing a Recovery”, Beck discusses pesky facts about the U.S. Economy, “saved jobs”, SEIU, Cap & Trade, special interests funding legislation, Andy Stern’s radical views, George Soros, the Cloward & Piven Strategy, Buffy Wicks’ NEA connections, and Al Gore’s global warning hypocrisy. He interviews Mike Flynn and Ingrid Newkirk. Video: Glenn Beck on November 3rd, 2009

More than 10,000 people turned out Monday night for a North Houston Tea Party Patriots gathering to protest proposed health care reform and big government spending. Crowds packed the field at the Sam Houston Race Park and cheered loudly as speakers called for the people to take control of the American government. Wearing slogans that said “Don’t Tread on Me” and T-shirts stating, “I am a Tea Party Patriot — I will defend our Constitution,” those attending the event enthusiastically showed support for more constraints on the government and more personal freedom. ... Houston Tea Party Rally: 10,000 Attendance

Yesterday on Fox & Friends, Representative Michele Bachman (R-MN) again called on Americans to come to Capitol Hill this Thursday (November 5th) and help her “pay a house call on Nancy Pelosi.” (video below) Bachmann stated that this week is crucial in stopping the Democrats from succeeding in passing “the crown jewel of Socialism”, government-run Health Care. She added “The American people need to stand up again and make sure that Congress hears them this time.” The Representative intends to hold a press conference at 12 noon next Thursday and then wants citizens to accompany her into the Capitol to...

Just in case you haven't heard. Christie won New Jersey. Hoffman lost New York. Bloomberg won his third term. And McDonnell won Virginia. I've gathered together in the video section some of the concession speeches and acceptance speeches. Creigh Deeds Concession Speech After Losing The Race In Virginia. Chris Christie’s Speech After Winning New Jersey. Gov. Corzine’s Concession Speech. Bob McDonnell’s Acceptance Speech After Winning The Virginia Race. Bloomberg Wins Third Term As New York’s Mayor. DCCC Chair Van Hollen On New Yorks 23rd: If The Conservative Party Candidate Wins It Will Embolden The Far Right Extremes. Hannity Talks To...

For many months now, many of my posts have been, admittedly, overly lamenting the on “loss” of American culture. As a member of Generation X, perhaps I have often been very overly vitriolic in my opinion that life is just not as it once was in America. I recently watched my first few episodes of the series “Mad Men” on DVD. And the experience has been enlightening on my own view of American culture and cathartic of my own personal history. I must say, I am coming to grips with my own political views. And my watching a TV show...

The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens. This is a huge win for conservatives. “Whaaaa. . . ?” you say. There are two big victories at work in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. First, the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives. In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain. Now, in NY-23, conservatives rallied and destroyed the Republican candidate the establishment chose. I have said all along that the goal of activists must be to defeat Scozzafava. Doug Hoffman winning would just be gravy....

At this writing, close to midnight on Election we have a good Idea of the results. The GOP has taken over the state houses in Virginia and New Jersey and they have seen major gains in those states legislatures. Mike Bloomberg was reelected by a whisker and in NY 23 Doug Hoffman has lost to Bill Owens. The talking-heads heads have been talking all night and quite frankly very few of them have it right. To be honest very little of this election was about President Obama, but in the end there will be implications for the POTUS.

ABC's new sci-fi thriller is "a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president's supporters and delight his detractors" as reported by Glenn Garvin for the Chicago Tribune: Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: "Why don't you show some respect?!" The...

Immorality Drives Medical Costs By Roger Fredinburg Watching the “Great Debate” over medical insurance, rising medical costs and ever broadening government control, I am reminded of some interesting facts, the details of which are not evident in the public or political discussion. I thought we ought to at least review them before the “rulers” of “Amerika” completely destroy the republic. Have you asked questions like; What is the cost of substance abuse on the medical system? What are the medical costs of sexual deviance and promiscuity? What’s the price of gluttony? How about laziness, slothfulness, sedentary lifestyles etc. what is...

My ancestor Daniel Conklin moved from New York to New Jersey in 1850. Today on the drive home from NYC I was lamenting that if Corzine wins, I was going to have to leave my ancestral home. Tonights results give me hope that I can stay. Time will tell.

An interview with Oprah Winfrey is already scheduled, and I’m also planning to talk with Bill O’Reilly, Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller, Tammy Bruce, and others, including local Alaska personalities Bob & Mark and Eddie Burke. (Variety is the spice of life!)

So, Breaking News from Breitbart.Com: House GOP Pens 230 page Health Bill Draft I find myself amused at the fact that the news breaks now that there is a Republican Alternative to the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Care Bills. They already had HR 3400, but since that didn’t seem to be enough, I guess I will wait for the official release of this new bill. I am pleased that the new version has trimmed eighteen pages from the older House Bill, thus proving that you can do “more with less.” With any luck, my supervisors will okay my brief departure to Washington DC...

The president's administration doesn't seem to think so. What do you believe? Is Fox News really NEWS? YES, NO or WHO CARES?

For the second time in two weeks, Obama's Minister of Propaganda, Robert Gibbs, was asked about the Constitutionality of the Democrat proposal to force American citizens to buy a specific product, health insurance. As would be expected from the Marxist Obama administration, Gibbs dismissed the validity of the question.

VIRGINIAGovernor (69% Reporting) R. Creigh Deeds - Dem (39%) Robert McDonnell - GOP (61%) Lieutenant Governor (68% Reporting) Jody Wagner - Dem (41%) Bill Bolling - GOP (59%) Attorney General (68% Reporting) Stephen Shannon - Dem (40%) Ken Cuccinelli - GOP (60%) House of Delegates - District 1 (Uncontested Race) Terry Kilgore - GOP (N/A) House of Delegates - District 2 (Uncontested Race) Bud Phillips - Dem (N/A) House of Delegates - District 3 (44% Reporting) Will Morefield - GOP (55%)Dan Bowling - Dem (45%) House of Delegates - District 4 (Uncontested Race) Joseph Johnson - Dem (N/A) House of...

Even Canada Said These Were Illegal By Michael P. Tremoglie Tea Time Blog H.R. 3962, the Democrats’ health insurance reform bill, to be voted on this week by Congress, contains a provision to establish waiting lists as a mechanism to control costs. Such waiting lists have long been a characteristic – and a bane - of socialized medicine. Indeed, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled them illegal in June 2005. "Access to a waiting list is not access to health care," wrote Canada’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin at the time. Yet, this is exactly what the Democrats’ plan has...

Lies, Tax Fraud and DeceitMy theory is that Alan Grayson is a liar, a fraud, and a tax-cheat. Who is this guy? How did he really obtain his wealth? It’s certainly worth further investigation in light of the following.Summary: Roll Call lists Alan Grayson’s largest asset is a claim against Derivium Capital, the now bankrupt Ponzi scheme, in the amount of $34 million. Central Florida Politics lists Alan Grayson as the Derivium Capital scams most frequent customer. Roll Call lists Grayson’s net worth at $31.12 million. Grayson’s only other asset is said to be a trust fund worth $5...

There is still confusion over whether Govenor Palin supports amnesty for illegal aliens. In this article read at Newsbusters, Palin does support a "pathway to citizenship" for illegal aliens. But what is not clear is if she supports a pathway to citizenship only "after" they return to their country of origin. And then, get in the back of the line to come to America "legally" for citizenship. Or, if she supports a pathway to citizenship while illegals are still here. Without first requiring them to return to there country of origin. Does anyone have an answer to that question? Excerpt...

Regular readers of these pages know my little "pet name" for the leadership of the global warming hoaxers is "The Holy Church of Global Warming Moonbats" There is a Judge in the UK who believes just as I do, except he is serious. In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change ... is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations".

This update is Italy's reaction to the "European Court: No Crucifixes in Italian Schools" article. Way to go guys! Italy, Vatican in uproar over court crucifix ruling By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy, where such icons are embedded in the national psyche.

Diane Sawyer didn't pull any punches with ex-Veep Algore, even using a Glenn Beck clip to challenge his global warming rhetoric.

Palm Beach, FL—Staying consistent in politics takes the constitution of a rhinoceros. Unfortunately, it is that rhinoceros which is so aptly destroying the Republican Party—a party that looks uglier flip-flopping than Barack Obama did flipping those Iowa pancakes. Not only does the Republican Party have any constitution, but it hasn’t shown any consistency on issues that really matter to the American people. And when it does show consistency, it’s for removing conservatism from the party. Colin Powell is a perfect example of just that—an individual that wishes to remove conservatism from the Republican Party. But the symbol of the Republican...

“I just thought I can’t do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that’s it.”

I'm tired of liberals talking about "cleaning up Republican messes."  For progressives, they sure regress a lot... California, Michigan, and now New York have shown us that taxing and spending destroys jobs, kills economic growth, and eventually leads worn out taxpayers to flee the state. The two headed beast of government bureaucracy and liberal social programs ends up destroying its master. It's a Joke, but it's True Politicians who blather on about "cleaning up Republican messes" would do well to recall this oldie but goody: An old bull and his young son stood atop a hillock, looking down upon a...

VIDEO: Congressman Mike Pence released the following video, urging all Americans to rise up and let their voices be heard in regard to the Pelosi health care plan.

And a nightmare for those of us still resisting the junk science of imminent anthropogenic (but particularly American and conservative led) global meltdown chaos theory. Fresh out of the United Kingdom comes news today that, "Judge rules that green views are the “same as religious beliefs” as sacked environmentalist wins legal battle." Yeah, you read that right. Though we’ve long known it, the faith dimension of the environmentalists has been fully recognized by the UK judiciary. Does this mean that Al Gore can now officially be equated with the Son of God?

Conservative Republican candidate for Governor of Texas - Debra Medina - writes an op/ed taking Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison to task for her longstanding opposition to pro-life issues. Medina says in part, "Conservative and pro-choice rarely fall in the same sentence, unless you’re referring to “conservative” gubernatorial candidate Kay Bailey Hutchison, of course. A long time Washington insider and clear adversary on pro-life issues, Senator Hutchison has had ample opportunity to rally against abortion, and she has failed."

I have discussed with Freepers over the last 4 months that I am back in school earning my Masters degree. Today my head about exploded when not only my professor but people (grown adults) said Communism was a fear on paper but never a real threat to the U.S. Let me give you direct quotes taken from today's lecture. "Exactly where does communism fit in today's classroom, newspapers, and television sets? It doesn't, only the right wing fringe in this country wants you to believe that is the case, where is the proof? America feared communism based on it being...

The governor’s race in New Jersey is a referendum on the failed fiscal policies of the state’s current governor. New Jersey suffers under the highest tax burden in the nation – a burden which has caused many New Jerseyans to leave their home state for better economic prospects elsewhere. Chris Christie is dedicated to ending the reckless spending, the tax hikes, and the corruption that has plagued New Jersey for far too long. A vote for Chris Christie as the next governor of New Jersey will help to lead this great state – “The Crossroads of the Revolution” – back...

Last week in a dramatic announcement, Senator Joe Lieberman announced that he will vote along with the Republican Party to filibuster the Obamacare bill in the senate. It was a big blow to the Democratic efforts to take over our healthcare, so big that Senator Tom Harken threatened to throw Lieberman out of the Democratic Caucus. Yesterday Senator Reid's office reported that the Majority Leader and the Connecticut Senator reached a secret deal where the Senator will not vote for a filibuster but will continue to vote against the bill in the final roll call: But sources said Reid’s staff...

Stimulated School Systems Malcolm A. Kline, November 3, 2009 Americans driving, or walking, through blocks of shut-down businesses and foreclosed-upon homes while greeting their unemployed neighbors or perhaps looking for jobs themselves may wonder what happened to the so-called stimulus money that Congress voted to spend earlier this year. On Monday, the federal government provided part of the answer to that question. “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided approximately $100 billion to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) with the initial goal of delivering emergency education funding to states,” the ED department reported on November 2,...

D.C. Exports School Choice Bethany Stotts, November 3, 2009 This week Virginia Walden-Ford, executive director of D.C. Parents for School Choice, will be traveling to Kentucky to a rally supporting state legislation for charter schools. “Ford brings her message the ‘parents deserve a choice so kids can have a chance’ to Louisville this Friday,” states the Bluegrass Institute press release. “She will speak at a rally on Friday at 7p.m. in the multipurpose facility at Midwest Church of Christ, 2115 Garland Ave…..” Walden-Ford has fought hard for the Washington Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provided vouchers for underprivileged students attending the...

What is your opinion on Buffett's move to buy Burlington Northern today, and was this move part of a much larger (0bama) plan? How will this impact the man on the street, good, bad, don't care? Remember, Buffett backed Obama for president.

Shackled Medicine Allie Winegar Duzett, November 3, 2009 Dr. Donald Palmisano of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights spoke at a recent Heritage Foundation Blogger’s Briefing on the topic of health care reform. His contention? To Dr. Palmisano, “liberty is the absence of coercion.” And the current health care reform plan is all about coercion. Dr. Palmisano, a former president of the American Medical Association (AMA), briefly discussed some of the current problems with our health care system. He explained that under the current option, it is literally cheaper to just forgive co-pays of Medicare patients and illegal aliens, rather...