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A temporary restraining order has been issued to block a state constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases. U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange handed down the ruling this morning in Oklahoma City following a brief hearing.

CHRIS COONS LIED, GRANNY DIEDOctober 20, 2010In all of life's tribulations, there is nothing so aggravating as being condescended to by an idiot. In last week's CNN debate in the Delaware Senate race between the astonishingly well-spoken Christine O'Donnell and the unfortunate-looking Chris Coons, O'Donnell had to put up with it from Coons for 90 minutes. O'Donnell wiped the floor with Coons, moderators Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Karibjanian, and the idiotic University of Delaware students asking questions -- all of whom were against her. (With the nation on the verge of another great depression -- the brunt of which, to...

Unless something totally unforeseen occurs, Democrats are poised to take a real beating in November. Their response to the impending disaster has run the gamut. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in denial: "One thing I know for sure is that Democrats will retain their majority in the House of Representatives." Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is condescending: "We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on, so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what's happening." President Obama is angry: "It is inexcusable for any...

Through a combination of massive, Somali-driven voter fraud, stunning Election Board incompetence, and the willful blindness of the Kansas City Star, machine Democrat J.J. Rizzo managed to beat conservative Democrat Will Royster by one vote in a Missouri State House primary on August 3. There is no Republican running in this heavily Democratic, multi-ethnic Kansas City district. The Democratic nominee will face only a seriously outgunned Libertarian in the November election, and truth be told, Royster may be to the right of the Libertarian. What the Democratic machine and the Star, which endorsed Rizzo, did not count on was for...

I always admired Thomas E. Dewey for publicly admitting that he had managed to "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" in the 1948 election [1]. Let us hope that we don't have to make the same confession this November. This year, the omens are favorable, with voters and donations seeming to shift toward the Republicans. However, just in case the conservative-Tea Party-Republican majority of America wants two more years of Democratic domination, here is a well-proven formula for losing an election -- one that we seem to be following at the moment: 1. Divide and be conquered. 2. Let...

Here is an interview GOP Sen. Jim DeMint did with Greta Van Susteren last night, where he said, “We are going to have an earthquake election in November." DeMint said some of the attacks on Christine O’Donnell are “ridiculous.” What matters is “what is she going to do when she gets to Washington.” “I don’t think Americans are stupid. People in Delaware are not stupid. They know our country is on the edge of a disaster. They know if they go with a Democrat in this race, he’s going to support ObamaCare; he’s going to support the Pelosi/Reid agenda. The...

“They say she can’t win and that by supporting her, I’ve helped lose the seat for Republicans,” DeMint said. “Well, I’ve been in the majority with Republicans who didn’t have principles, and we embarrassed ourselves and lost credibility in front of the country. Frankly, I’m at a point where I’d rather lose fighting for the right cause than win fighting for the wrong cause.”… “National Republicans are not going to invest real money in this race and her primary opponent, Rep. Mike Castle, is refusing to endorse her,” DeMint wrote to supporters of his political action committee, the Senate Conservatives...

Watch as Vancouver WA city councilwoman Jeanne Harris shouts down concerned citizens and fellow council members at a meeting of the City Council three days ago. Now, guess what party Jeanne Harris belongs to.

MIKE CASTLE TEAM PROMOTES BIDEN’S SON AS DELAWARE GOP REFUSES TO RUN CANDIDATE AGAINST DEMOCRAT ATTORNEY GENERAL (WILMINGTON) — The shameful insider political games continue for Liberal RINO Mike Castle and his political team in Delaware. The Chairman of the Delaware Republican Party, who has become... the principal spokesperson for Mike Castle’s campaign for U.S. Senate, has decided to run cover for Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau Biden. Astonishingly, Ross and the Delaware Republican Party have decided to not even field a candidate to challenge Democrat Beau Biden as he runs for re-election as Attorney General for the state...

Lest you think this is another "bash America" diatribe from the Left, hold tight. It is nothing of the sort. A number of years back, I briefly substitute taught at the Christian school my children had attended. One day when I was filling in for the third grade teacher I was asked to administer a science test. I scanned the tests as they came in. A fill in the blank test on the subject of electric charges. One entry caught my eye and made me grin. In answer to the question "opposite charges attract and like charges ________" one student...

Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Retired) “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. George Santayana “Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it”. Sir Winston Churchill Greetings fellow bikers, South Floridians, and indeed all my fellow Americans who shall read this missive. It is again time for another venture into the realm of American politics. There is so much which I could easily assess but I think that right now we need a simple history lesson. The lead quotes come from two Men who were visionary in those simple words...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee won't be spending any more money in the May 22 Hawaii special election, Hotline OnCall's Reid Wilson reports. The race for the state's First Congressional District, where President Obama was born and raised, features two Democrats--former Rep. Ed Case and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa--and it appears the two will split the Democratic vote, paving the way for Republican Charles Djou to hold the seat until he gets challenged by one or the other of those two Dems in November. The DCCC had been airing ads attacking Djou, while not endorsing either of the Dems...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed Congress for swift action on measures to restrict political advertising by corporations and labor unions, saying that "no less than the integrity of our democracy" is at stake. Legislation introduced in Congress this week would require that corporations and unions identify themselves in political ads they pay for and that the chief executive or other top official state that "I approve this message." The measures are in response to a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in January that upheld the First Amendment rights of these groups to spend money on campaign ads, thus...

An inspiring video on the upcoming election from the San Antonio Tea Party!

Wow. Who says conservatives can’t do multimedia?     By Jon Ward | Published: 04/23/10 at 2:55 PM | Updated: 04/23/10 at 4:34 PM The Republican Governor’s Association put out a video Friday that is a pretty slick piece of work. It’s basically an 80-second movie trailer that casts President Obama as the villain of modern American politics, with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid as his sidekick and henchman. But it’s a pretty impressive piece of multimedia, especially since conservatives are generally thought of as being pretty lame in that realm. The music, editing, pacing and graphics are top notch....