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Dan Maffei has another town hall meeting scheduled for Friday August 14 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM. The meeting will be held at his office located at 100 East Miller Street, Newark, NY. Click here for directions. There were no other details on his web page.

Senator Jim Demint to hold town hall meeting in the LowcountryRaymond Owens Published: August 7, 2009 U.S. Senator Jim Demint will be holding a town hall meeting on Daniel Island August 17th. The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Daniel Island Club. He is expected to take questions from the audience about the economy, health care and other issues. Senator Demint is also scheduled to talk to News 2 live on News 2 at 5:30 that evening. Then on Tuesday, August 18th, he will speak at the Charleston Rotary’s lunch. That takes place at 12:30 at the Citadel...

"Do you work for us or do we work for you?"

One click shopping - Health Care Bill Summary From Peter Fleckenstein Just a sample - PG 29 Line 4-16 YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!! Additionally you can reference PG 15 Line 19-25. PG 42 The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HealthCare Benefits for you. You have no choice! PG 59 Line 21-24 Government will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer! PG 62 Protection of Data, Government shows they will have database of your personal & financial info. PG 89 Line 6-10 The FAR is not applicable. Government can write contracts any way they want. PG...

PORTSMOUTH - A White House spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that President Barack Obama will be in Portsmouth on Aug. 11 to hold a town hall-style meeting on heath care. "I can confirm the president is heading to Portsmouth on Aug. 11," said Moira Mack, a White House spokesperson. "The details of the event have yet to be finalized." Obama held similar forums of health care reform in Bristol, Va. and Raliegh, N.C. last week. Mack said she does not know if the event will be in the city, but said it will be in the "Portsmouth area."

Reminder: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, 5th District, Missouri, will be holding his monthly "coffee." Here are the details: COFFEE with CLEAVER AUGUST 8, 2009 JP Coffee 3390 SW Fascination Dr. Lee's Summit, MO 8-10 AM

I'm looking for a list of government-run FUBARS in recent times and a brief , one sentence explanation of how it's a boondoggle. what came to mind was : AMTRAK - has never made money in a fiscal year ,ever. USPS- expecting a $70 billion deficit this year. MEDICAID MEDICARE SoSh Security

Speak out on health careFriday, July 31, 2009 Edition Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:40 PM CDT It’s generally accepted that some kind of health-care reform is needed. But what kind and when? Some on the right are leery about government mandates and public options and fear the possible cost to taxpayers—and the possibility of expanding the use of tax funds for abortions. Some on the left are concerned that the government is not actively considering a single-payer option but is instead choosing to work primarily through the current private-insurance system. The president, meanwhile, is warning that the current system...

The organized Jewish community's first official meeting with US President Barack Obama late Monday was set to include more liberal organizations than in years past, which groups on both sides saw as indicative of the White House's interest in magnifying their voices. The new J Street lobby and Americans for Peace Now made the final cut of a pared-down list that kept off traditional participants Zionist Organization of America, the Lubavitch movement and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, all of which are on the more conservative part of the spectrum. "They're looking to legitimize the more progressive parts...

Dr. Greg Dixon Pastor Salman Sets the Record Straight Ever since the Phoenix New Times News broke the story in their June 16th issue of the June 11 raid by the Phoenix Police Department on the Harvest Christian Fellowship Community Church, Pastor Salman and his congregation believe that there has been a continual stream of misconceptions and misrepresentations that needs to be set straight, and they are thankful that Freedom’s Phoenix has allowed them the opportunity to do so. First make no mistake. That was a full blown raid that took place that the Phoenix News reported with these words,...

Should Secretary of State Clinton be meeting with ousted Honduran President? A Daily Poll.

A much anticipated meeting Thursday in Paris between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US Mideast envoy George Mitchell has been canceled, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Defense Minister Ehud Barak will be going to the US on Monday to meet with Mitchell. It will be Barak's second visit to the US this month.

The meeting this week between Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak volumes as to where the United States will officially stand in relation to its long history of support for Israel. Perhaps we are now at a point and place in history where the United States will no longer reach back to the Bible in its understanding the miraculous fulfillment of prophecy that occurred.

The global financial crisis will dominate the agenda at this week's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, which also serves as U.S. President Barack Obama's coming-out party in the region. After eight years of George W. Bush, there is excitement among the 33 heads of state and government, most of whom are meeting Mr. Obama for the first time, as well as hope for a new era of civility and co-operation. While Latin America hasn't been as badly affected by the recession as Canada, the United States and Europe, the region needs renewed investments and capital loans. “Latin America's financial...

Reminder: Saddleback Valley Conservatives & FReepers meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1st, 6:00 PM Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Ford 30031 Santa Margarita Pkwy. 92688 Time: 6:00PM-7:30PM Guest speakers: Keynote: John Williams, Trustee, South Orange County Community College District John will be speaking to us about several current issues in the South OC colleges, and will be taking your questions. Guest: Lyman Stucky Conservative activist Lyman Stucky will be speaking about the following: -Tools and strategies to get corrupt politicians and judges out of office -Tools to fight the teachers unions -Fighting for principles in the GOP Be sure to...

(IsraelNN.com) British MP George Galloway met on Wednesday with Ismail Haniyeh, chief of the Hamas-led PA of Gaza, the Associated Press reports. The location of the meeting was undisclosed. In addition, Haniyeh’s office claims that the meeting actually took place on Tuesday. Haniyeh has tried to conceal his movement ever since the IDF began Operation ‘Cast Lead’ against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

The joint media availability in the White House Rose Garden was dropped Monday because the nation's capital was blanketed in snow, but administration officials didn't explain why the event was not moved inside, The Times of London reported Tuesday.

For example, Dr Eugenie Scott of the staunchly anticreationist National Center for Science Education (NCSE) revealed their agenda when she said: “ … I would describe myself as a humanist or a nontheist. I have found that the most effective allies for evolution are people of the faith community. One clergyman with a backward collar is worth two biologists at a school board meeting any day! … What we [such clergy and atheists] have in common is that we want to see evolution taught in the public schools … .”4

Goldman Sachs Group Inc denied a CNBC television report on Thursday that it had convened an "emergency" meeting of top investors earlier this week, prompted by worries Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's bank rescue plan was not viable. A Goldman spokesman said the bank invited 30 private equity and hedge fund firms to a dinner Tuesday, a routine gathering for investment banking clients.

The Merritt Island Chapter of ACT! for America monthly meeting is this Thursday (2/12/2009) at the Merritt Island Public Library in the Auditorium at 7:00 PM till 8:30 PM. Lee Boyland will be chairing this meeting, and will be presenting very pertinent information to you, including showing the controversial video that PBS refused to show (but Fox News Channel did show) "Islam vs. Islamists", an intriguing look into the real intentions of Islamists, and why the "moderate" faction of Islam does not/can not do more to counter their radical elements. The film follows moderate Muslims who have challenged the "Islamists"...