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Anna C. Little, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 6th District, can't afford big media ad buys and doesn't have the franking privilege. So she has elevated the one thing remaining to her--going door-to-door--to a high art. Because one woman alone can scarcely knock on thousands of doors in a modern US congressional district, Little has created an "army" of volunteers. They will go to a town, fan out in pairs or small clusters, make hundreds of telephone calls, and knock on a thousand or more doors. This is how Little won the June 8 primary, despite being out-fundraised...

Anna C. Little continues to receive outside support in her campaign to unseat Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6). The latest support comes from a group seeking to use Pallone's own boasts about his co-authorship of the massive healthcare-reform bill against him, in a season in which almost none of his fellow Democrats even want to mention that measure. As reported (last week) by Laura Brod on HotAir.com, a Washington, DC-based group calling itself Freedom's Defense Fund has changed their Web address to StopPallone.com, in honor of their most important initiative: criticizing Pallone for his vote on the healthcare-reform bill. More than...

Another Dark Horse Race to Watch: New Jersey race for Congress Pallone vs. Little - NJ-6 Another day, another dark horse race in the making. This is one of those years in which political upsets are coming fast and furious from all directions. As I watch the political landscape shift on a daily basis, an interesting race came across my desk. Recognizing the opportunity to take on an out of touch incumbent who wants to claim ownership and take credit for a massive intrusion of government into our private lives, the Freedom’s Defense Fund, a DC based PAC, recently announced...

Aug. 30, 2010 Well, this is interesting. CNN's Soledad O'Brien, who was last in New Jersey for a documentary focusing on the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens and the Rev. Deforest B. Soaries, is back again. But this time. O'Brien is here to interview 6th District GOP challenger Anna Little and incumbent Rep. Frank Pallone. We thought Pallone was considered a safe Democrat seat. Or could that recent Little poll, which showed Little trailing Pallone by just six points, 40-34, turned some heads? That result (hat tip MoreMonmouthMusings) even got the race noticed by the Daily Kos website: NJ-06:...

HIGHLANDS – According to a poll released this week, Rep. Frank Pallone leads Republican challenger Anna Little by just six points. The poll, conducted by National Research Inc. for the Little for Congress campaign, shows Pallone at just 40 percent despite nearly 100 percent name recognition among voters in the district. Little had 34 percent in the poll. “The more people learn about Anna Little, the more they like her and can see her as the right alternative to the incumbent,” commented Little’s campaign chair, Leigh-Ann Bellew. “The voters already know about Frank Pallone and becoming increasingly uncomfortable with his...

Anna C. Little, Republican candidate for the House in New Jersey's 6th District, took sharp issue with statements made by Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6) in his constituent newsletter about the effects of the healthcare-reform bill passed last March. In a press release dated July 15, Little accused Pallone of "lying to the people on their dime" in his latest edition of his newsletter, Constituent Update, which is sent to 6th District residents as "franked" mail, sent with the congressman's signature in lieu of a postage stamp and thereby mailed at taxpayer expense. The contents of Constituent Update do not appear...

I've never seen so many House seats in play in one party. I'm tracking four of the pundits who rate House races -- Cook, Rothenberg, Sabato and CQ. Between the four an incredible 103 Democratic seats are in play. I think they have missed maybe 3 to 5 seats, but they may list them sooner or later. 24 seats are very slightly to strongly leaning Republican. 16 are pure toss ups to very slightly tilting Democratic. 25 are leaning Democratic That means an incredible 65 seats are very seriously in play. Another 38 seats are rated likely Democratic but at...

As Anna C. Little and her volunteers canvass Middlesex Borough this morning, Little has taken a calculated risk by issuing a statement decrying the planned Cordoba House mosque and community center, to be (tentatively) located two blocks down from the destroyed World Trade Center. In a press release published at 2:16 p.m. (August 20), Little stated forthrightly that the building of any mosque that close to "Ground Zero" would be inappropriate, regardless of whether such a building would be legal or illegal. She further raised the question of the funding of the mosque, a question that the would-be worship leader...

Sweet little hobby Create a buzz, and help distressed bees, with your own hive JANET CARSON SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE While some people fear bees and many worry about getting stung, these little insects more than redeem themselves as the primary pollinators of plants worldwide. Today is National Honeybee Appreciation Day — well deserved because it’s estimated that more than 80 percent of flowering plants and almost a third of human food crops need bees as pollinators. Reports have been claiming the loss of bee populations is due to mites, pesticides and human activities. Many species of pollinators, including bees,...

Anna C. Little, Republican candidate for Congress in the 6th District, is closing in rapidly on her opponent, Democratic incumbent Frank Pallone, in a race that has now become a tossup, according to an internal poll. In a press release issued August 23, Little cited a poll conducted for the campaign by National Research, Inc., showing Pallone at 40 percent of the vote and Little at 34 percent. That would mean that 26 percent of respondents surveyed were undecided or declined to answer. To be within single digits of the lead with a double-digit undecided population a scant ten weeks...

A pair of San Francisco Bay Area restaurateurs were all set to open their macaroni and cheese specialty restaurant with the name Little Mac when a phone conversation with legal counsel for McDonald’s derailed their plans. It seems the burger giant doesn’t take kindly to restaurants that use “Mac” or “Mc” in their names, citing brand infringement. Rather than fight, the mac and cheese entrepreneurs, Erin Wade and Alison Arevalo, have put a call out for help in finding a new name.

LONDON – British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2009 – Surfs up! Military children of wounded or fallen servicemembers will be able to catch their first wave this summer, thanks to Freedom Is Not Free, a California-based troop-support group. Military chidren take time to pose after riding the waves during a 2007 "Little Warriors" Surf Camp. This year the camp will host 100 military children of wounded or fallen servicemembers Aug. 10-14 in La Jolla Shores, Calif. Photo courtesy of Freedom Is Not Free  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The “Little Warriors” Surf Camp will host 100 military children ages 8 to 15...

Lake Castaic is the southerly terminal reservoir for the California Aqueduct which delivers water from Northern California. Castaic Lake is located within the Angeles National Forest just 15 minutes north of Six Flags Magic Mountain and 5 minutes from I-5 Freeway. Castaic Lake is a holding reservoir for part of the western regions irrigation water supply. The Castaic Lake Dam is 425 feet high and holds 350,000 acre feet of water at full capacity. Nearby Pyramid Lake, also a repository of Northern California water from the California Aqueduct, holds 180,000 acre feet of water. Both are managed by the Department...

I am really saddened and disappointed with what is going on these days at Little Green Footballs, one of my favorite places to hang around-until today. The anti-Christian crusade started by Charles Johnson took proportions I would have never ever dreamed in my worst nightmares. Read on

November 29, 2007 Everything is Caused by Global Warming (600+ links)Christopher AllevaDr. John Brignell, a British engineering professor, runs a website called numberwatch. He has compiled what has to be the most complete collection of links to media stories ascribing the cause of everything under the sun to global warming.  He has already posted more than six-hundred links. The site's stated mission is to expose all the "scares, scams, junk, panics and flummery cooked up by the media, politicians, bureaucrats and so-called scientists and others that try to confuse the public with wrong numbers"  Professor Brignell's motto is "Working to Combat Math Hysteria." This exercise is not merely...

Energy Futures Fall After Energy Department Reports Unexpected Jump in Oil, Gasoline Supplies NEW YORK (AP) -- Energy futures fell sharply Thursday after the government reported unexpected increases in crude oil and gasoline inventories last week and OPEC forecast fourth-quarter demand for oil would be less than expected. ADVERTISEMENT At the pump, meanwhile, gas prices inched 0.1 cent higher overnight, pulling further above $3 to a national average price of $3.112 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Prices are likely to rise another 10 to 15 cents in coming weeks to catch up with oil...

Oil Prices Fall $2 on Word That OPEC Will Talk About Increasing Output at Upcoming Meeting Oil prices fell about $2 a barrel Monday after reports that OPEC would discuss increasing output at an upcoming meeting in a bid to cool record crude prices. Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Sunday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would discuss the issue of boosting production when it meets later this year. "The comments by the Saudi oil minister on the weekend didn't necessarily say that they're going to increase production, it wasn't quite that extreme, but the mere fact that he's...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are planning on firing manager Grady Little and replacing him with former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, according to multiple reports. Citing sources, the Journal-News of Westchester, New York said the announcement of Torre’s hiring could come as early as Tuesday. The New York Times, quoting two major league officials who requested anonymity, also reported Torre’s imminent hiring but did not give a timetable. Story continues below ↓advertisement Torre has been on the market since turning down a one-year offer to remain as manager of the Yankees on October 18. He had been with the...

In honor of the Little Black People The Saisiyat tribe of Hsinchu and Miaoli will perform a solemn rite this weekend to commemorate a race of people that they exterminated By Jules Quartly STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Nov 27, 2004. Xiangtian Lake is one of two places to see the ritual. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES Drinking, singing and dancing are expected to take place deep in the mountains of Miaoli and Hsinchu when the "Ritual of the Little Black People" (¸GÆF²½) is performed by the Saisiyat tribe once again this weekend. For the past 100 years or so, the Saisiyat tribe (ÁÉ®L±Ú)...