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"What (Palin) had, more than anything else, was a toughness and a dedication to her position. She blew all that with her announcement today." One of the things that Palin had going for her was that she was, as Cindy McCain described her during the Republican National Convention, a "hockey-mommin' ... basketball shootin' ... moose huntin' ... fly-fishin' ... pistol-packing ... mother of five." She had been nicknamed "Sarah Barracuda," and took on the "good ole' boys" who controlled Alaska politics. However, to all but her most loyal supporters, today's bizarre press conference made her look brittle -- like a...

Fox and Friends has a woman with an amazing voice singing patriotic songs today. The songs remind me that America is not defined by those men and women who seek to destroy her ( politically or on the battle field) America is defined by the people who love her. The man that currently holds the highest office in the land does not love America, nor does his wife. Their very words attest to that. My Country tis of thee "The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going...

Woo hoo!! We're gonna party today!! Keelhaul the bastards!!

"To Protect and Serve" has taken on a new meaning for the Clare Police Department. When officers heard that the Clare City Bakery was closing its doors, they protected the business from certain demise. Now, they're serving up doughnuts. "Cops & Doughnuts" opened at 6 a.m. Wednesday with little fanfare but plenty of customers. "We've been swamped," John Pedjac, administrative assistant for Clare Police Chief Dwayne Miedzianowski, said. "Business has been great." The humor of a group of police officers - Miedzianowski, sergeants Dave Saad and Rich Ward, Pedjac, and officers Greg Rynearson, Al White, Jeremy McGraw, Brian Gregory and...

BERKELEY, Calif. – Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold. Dairyman Mike O'Kelly is wondering whether he is going to have to let employees go. The problem? They rely on contracts with state agencies for much of their business and, cash-strapped California may start sending them IOUs instead of money until the state has enough cash to cover all payments. "I've dealt with the state for many, many years, and the failure of the state to come up with a budget has always caused problems for July and...

Video for Vietnam Vets Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis, WA We shall Never Forget your service

“I believe we are witnessing the beginning of a new race of men” Anonymous British Officer after the Battle of Saratoga, 1777 This comment, made by a soldier now forgotten by history, was more prophetic and more significant than he probably realized at the time. As prescient as he may have been, little could he have predicted the mass immigration to American shores that has taken place over the succeeding centuries. Little could he have realized the beacon of hope and promise that America has represented to people from all four corners of the world. Little could he have realized...

Add Colin Powell to the ranks of Americans waking up from the Obama induced stupor. The Washington Times is reporting that Mr. Powell has voiced serious reservations in a CNN interview about Obama’s big government agenda and its consequences for our nation and our children. In the CNN interview to be aired Sunday on “State of the Union with John King” Powell cautioned Mr. Obama about "budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars" and "a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great-grandchildren will have to pay...

A listing of known ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: 1. July 28, 2008: Alaska lawmakers launched an investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan over his refusal to let go a state trooper involved in a contentious divorce with Palin's sister. Stephen Branchflower, a special counsel leading the investigation, concluded Oct. 10 that Palin violated a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain. The firing itself was deemed lawful since Monegan was an at-will employee. 2. Aug. 6, 2008: Complaint...

I don't know why (maybe it's on a lesson plan for schools around the country) but this little question with a quick answer (and one that is quickly found in any ready reference) has been asked of me so often that I finally decided to list the answer here. The answer is John Adams (second President) and Thomas Jefferson (third President). These two men died on the same day. But that's not all; read on.... The question with an even more interesting answer is, "On which day did they die?" Both Adams and Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. The...

I have written before of the simple pleasures that just seem to happen when you live in East Tennessee. The fresh from the patch Scott Farms strawberries in May, and the wonders of the flowering displays on Roan Mountain in June are two. We took a hike this week on the AT traversing the highlands of the Roan pretty much following the Tennessee/ North Carolina border. Folks know it is the most beautiful section of the whole trail from Georgia to Maine, and they come from all over to take in the views . We also seek the solitude of...

WASHINGTON - In a stunning development, President Barack Obama and his wife were arrested yesterday on charges of child abuse and human cruelty, after it was revealed they had fed their own children, visiting dignitaries, local school children, and a women’s homeless shelter “organic” vegetables from the First Lady’s garden that were laced with lead. The president and Michelle Obama were released on their own recognizance, but ordered not to host any dinner or lunch parties, after tests revealed the soil in the First Garden had lead concentrations of 987,000 parts per million. (The Environmental Protection Agency puts the threshold...

July 4th, 1776. Abraham Lincoln was an American hero who changed history because of his faith in God and the principle of Liberty. Most people forget that prior to the Civil War there was a national debate on the subject of slavery. In those days enslaved blacks on southern plantations had no rights. Whether they were fully human was an open question. Today it seems like a silly debate, but with the benefit of hindsight we see a dangerous trend throughout modern history. Adolf Hitler didn’t think the Jews were human and millions of Germans agreed with him and put...

North Korea has fired a reported seven Scud-type missiles in an act of defiance toward the United States on America's Independence Day - July 4. The video above gives some information on the missiles, and there is more from the BBC below . . . . . (Watch Video)

Medical care in the United States is derided as miserable compared to health care systems in the rest of the developed world. Economists, government officials, insurers, and academics beat the drum for a far larger government role in health care. Much of the public assumes that their arguments are sound because the calls for change are so ubiquitous and the topic so complex. Before we turn to government as the solution, however, we should consider some unheralded facts about America’s health care system. 1. Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers. Breast cancer mortality is 52 percent...

If Sarah Palin is stepping down as governor because she has national political ambitions -- and she did not say she intends to run for president -- her move did nothing to shake what GOP pollster Whit Ayers called "the 'lightweight' monkey on her back." "If you're a serious politician and you're seriously interested in higher office, the best thing you can do is as good a job as possible in the current office,"...

Breaking News: Manufacturing & Technology eJournal Poll Shows Clean Energy Act Could Force Nearly 20 Percent of Manufacturers to Close The cap-and-trade based system, pushed by the Obama administration and passed by the U.S. House, could cause energy costs to skyrocket and fuel more unemployment Critics of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation that narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives say energy costs will skyrocket if the bill - as it stands now - becomes law. Manufacturing & Technology eJournal asked readers what actions they were most likely take at their company to offset the inevitable increases in energy costs....

I got chills watching this video. I've never said this before in this forum - this video is an absolute must view. Time to take back America.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 2 Cor 3:12 For the past 7 yrs, whenever we heard about the Dems passing the War Powers Act to give President Bush authority to invade Iraq we continually heard how they were deceived. If we received a dollar for every time we heard that either Bush or the CIA lied about the WMD or hid information we could fund Social Insecurity. We always heard the DNC and their sockpuppets in the Establishmedia Attack Machine complain that they were given incomplete hearings and were fooled about WMD. Those same...