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Here is an NBC video report on the massive "Taxpayers March on Washington" today. The NBC reporter, Tom Costello, led into the piece by saying Park Police estimated the crowd in the "tens of thousands," but he said "Our own people (NBC's) say in the hundreds of thousands." The report describes the message of the crowd, and shows scenes from the rally. NOTE: If the NBC people are willing to say "Hundreds of Thousands," be sure it was AT LEAST that many! . . . (VIDEO)

Currently, leftists have reportedly generated $1 million in donations for Rep. Joe Wilson's opponent last time, Rob Miller. Wilson, for his part has reaped about $750k. But there is a big difference beneath the surface: : Kos and DCCC immediately organized fundraising against Wilson. Wilson's $ is based on his own appeal and spontaneous contributors. From Paul Kane of the WaPo:

Mark today as the date that the mainstream media put a gun in its mouth and pulled the trigger. The cover of Newsweek: IS YOUR BABY RACIST? Illustrated with a close up photo of a (white) baby. To ask the question is to answer it. Welcome to the post-racial world of Barack Obama.

im curious about skirts and pants Palin is not afraid to wear a skirt or a dress palosi=pants clinton=pants Napolitano=pants are they trying to be men or are they just too fat to dress like a woman

Kelly’s death comes just four days after he pleaded guilty to a scheme involving $8.5 million in fraud at O’Hare Airport. It was the second conviction this year -- he still faced trial along with the ex-governor, in June. Kelly had been indicted three times since 2007 but refused to become a cooperating witness. When he pleaded guilty to the O’Hare scheme Tuesday, Kelly spoke of feeling intense pressure by prosecutors to abandon his loyalty to Blagojevich and cooperate with the feds. Chicago police are investigating Kelly’s death. A source familiar with the investigation told the Chicago

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein told the San Francisco Chronicle: “I just find that if you’re going to remake a sixth of the American economy, it’s very difficult at this time of great economic angst.” She is actually with Republicans in wanting to open up insurance. Currently, states control health insurance. Under the Interstate Commerce Clause, congress could indeed open insurance competition across state lines. Now just think about that a moment. Universal health care has been the liberal wet dream of the past 97 years. They finally have the president, they have the Congress and they have the Great Depression...

Oh the irony. Someone won't get Obama healthcare unless they prove CITIZENSHIP. Oh the irony. The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson "You lie" outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the "exchange," as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants -- which is the current state of play.

The latest dust-up over President Barack Obama's health care-for-all mission — Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., angrily calling Obama a liar during a nationally televised speech — underscored conservatives' fears that illegal immigrants would benefit from efforts to expand coverage. Obama insisted that the legislation would not give government subsidies to the nation's millions of undocumented residents. But if immigrant-rich California is any indication, considerable numbers of undocumented immigrants participate in taxpayer-supported health plans. Although most federal benefit programs bar those who cannot prove their citizenship, California has been more generous than other states. Its taxpayers contribute more than $1 billion...

The Obama Administration is reportedly planning to enhance the ability of prisoners at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan to challenge their detention, assigning the detainees a U.S. military officer to argue for their release and granting prisoners the right to call witnesses on their own behalf. Administration officials passed word of the changes to the New York Times and Washington Post in advance of a court deadline the U.S. government faces Monday in an appeal of a judge’s ruling which held that some prisoners at the Bagram Air Base have the right to pursue habeas corpus cases in American...

Protests Over Obama Health Reform Protesters are angry at what they say is reckless public spending Tens of thousands of people have marched from the White House to Capitol Hill in Washington to protest against Barack Obama's healthcare reforms. The demonstrations came as the US president sought to boost support for his plans during a Minneapolis rally. Addressing a crowd of 15,000, Mr Obama said he refused to accept no change on his top domestic priority. He said he would not allow special interests to "use the same old tactics to keep things the way they are". "I will not...

9.12 Project and Tax Tea party in Denver today on 9-12-09 It was a good show for the 9.12. Project and had a good sized crowd.

Lashing Out at the Capitol Tens of Thousands Protest Obama Initiatives And Government Spending Emma Brown, James Hohmann and Perry Bacon Jr. September 13, 2009 Tens of thousands of conservative protesters, many complaining that the nation is racing toward socialism, massed outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, angrily denouncing President Obama's health-care plan and other initiatives as threats to the Constitution. The crowd -- loud, animated and sprawling -- gathered at the West Front of the Capitol after a march along Pennsylvania Avenue NW from Freedom Plaza. Invocations of God and former president Ronald Reagan by an array of speakers...

The President and his liberal democratic supporters love to throw statistics out at their opponents, those 47 million without insurance that mysteriously became 30 million during the Wednesday night speech is just one example. Obamacare supporters throw out numbers that try to show that the US Health care system is on the lousy side. For example the World Health Organization (WHO) rated U.S. health care 37th in the world in 2000, behind Andorra, Malta, Colombia, Cyprus, and Morocco and just ahead of Slovenia and Cuba. This is absolutely true. Of course included in the WHO methodology are ideological socialist type...

I discovered a patriotic song and video on YouTube last night that just touched my heart and soul. It was called 21 GUNS (Fallen Soldier Song) by Bobby Billings. I just want to share it with everyone because it will make you realize just how much soldiers and their families sacrifice for us. Just search the title on Youtube and you will see it. Thanks.

Barack Obama hates white people – especially white men. Sorry folks, but the truth will set you free! Why else would Obama falsely accuse Sgt. James Crowley and other Cambridge Police officers of "racial profiling" and claim they "acted stupidly" – creating a national racial controversy?

Jane Burgermeister, an investigative medical journalist, has charged that the H1N1 flu was genetically engineered and that the WHO and the banking cartel are behind it. In April of this year, she filed a complaint in Austria charging Baxter AG and Avir Green hills Biotechnology of Austria for deliberately producing contaminated bird flu vaccine. For more information, visit her site. Unfortunately, most of the mainstream media either marginalizes or ignores any real journalism that occurs in the world, particularly when that journalism uncovers matters that the establishment does not want to be uncovered.

As climate change reemerges as an issue in the national policy debate, it may help define the legislative legacies of two men who once vied for the White House: Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). Both men have championed the issue of global warming for years, including when they served as their party's presidential nominees in 2004 and 2008, respectively. But, for the moment, McCain is barely engaged in the issue beyond criticizing the climate bill passed by the House, while Kerry has emerged as one of the chamber's leading dealmakers. The fact that the two no...

Just finished watching the NBC News here in the Chicago Market. Guess what? Not a single mention of the rally in Washington DC today. Not one single second. Oh sure, they covered some small ethnic rally in a near south side neighborhood and Obama's speech in Minnesota today for nearly 30 seconds, but for the D.C. Rally? Silence. I just fired off an email to them expressing my disgust and letting them know I was switching to another station for my local news. I've watched Channel 5's news for as long as I can remember, but no more. Enough is...

Grassroots or astroturf? Real or fake? Those are the questions being asked about the rash of protests taking place all over the country against the president's plans to reform the nation's healthcare. Many Congressional Democrats are facing angry constituents at "town hall" meetings. What is meant to be an opportunity to exchange views and listen has turned into something more like a bar-room fight. At one such meeting, the police were called in to restore order. One Congressman has received death threats, another has faced an effigy hanging by a rope. Placards warn of "health rationing" and "socialised medicine"; chants...

2,000,000 March on Washington Posted by Erick Erickson September 12th a Welcome back, conservatives. You have found your passion. 2 million people showed up in Washington, DC to protest the leftward drift of this country. Do the nation’s leaders hear them? And not just the Democrats, but the Republicans too. Here are some more pictures from a friend: